Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-08-31
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.
, Written 10. ,h. yoc.sAr-n,xsaI

ExcurSionlsS and immigrants to the vest would do well to investigate the advantages of CeOtral and Northern Ar
 isona before making investments os per-
 manently locating. There has been . great rush ot people to the Pacific Coast,
 and to California especially. during the past year. and It is safe to say that .
 large proportion H these visitors have
 been impelled by purely speculative mo
 tives. although many have sought per manent homes. AS . natural conse- quence of this condition of things Cali
 fornia is experiencing an unprecedented
 boom. and the speculative fever runs
 high. real estate in many eases com-
 mandine almos, fabulous pricea and
 everybody, strangers as we'll q residents,
 male and female. old and young. are
 ariving to gel in on . rising market
 Cheap transportation scfoss the eonti-
 nent ho enabled great many people to
 come and see for themselves, and the
 supenor advantages presented by the
 Pacific Coast over the eastern part of the
 country for comfortable and profitable
 living enthuses every intelligent observer.
 Returning home, visiting excursionists
 have imparted their enthusiasm to friends
 asd neighboss. and the flov of immigra-
 tioo to the vest has increased to an
 astonishing degree. spreading no,th to
 Washington Teritory and south to Ari-
 sona It is not likely the field will be
 crowded for many years to come, and
 the most important question to be con
 sidered by those seeking ne~ home IS
 where to find the most favorably situated
 locality. Arizona is nov attracting a
 great deal of attention, and desefvedly
 % Less understood and misrepresen,ed
 more, perhaps. than any other .pait of the country. cured for years by Indian
 warfare and white outlaw.y, and isolated
 from commercial cen,ers, it is not strange that its advantages have been . long time in becoming knowp. Crossed in
 unattrsctivs portions of its area by two great transcoutinental routes. % that the traveller passing through would be more likely to be pr.judiced against t than impressed in its favor, it is not remark able. all things considered, that the weakh of this great territory has been allowed to remain comparatively unde- veloped and its wonderful capabilities o little understood. True, that the yield o( its mines have in some inst .nces been phenomenal and latest researches prove that the extent and richness oi its mineral deposits place it ln the foremost rank as . producer of precious metals. while the the fertility of the soil in its valleys for agricultural pu' poses cannot be excelled anywhere. and its equable climate and great plains covered with nutritious grasses make 1t the s.ockraises's parao;se, yet the majority ot our people have been slow b learn os these advantages. Hand scspped as this territory has been by iss geographical position and the inconeru- ity oi its population, i, has been con- pelled to awat in the background for the overflow. so to speak. from its more iA- vored neighbour Arizona Is nov gstling its share of the grest tide of people mov- ing vestward, because its true character issics are becoming m re fully known
 It is doubtful if Central and Nortt m Arzona can be equaled anywhere in America for richness of mineral deposits, productiveness of soil. advantages for grazing. salubr'ty of climate and all. inc desirable qualities necessary for the C. quirement oi comfortable homes and wealth.
 The following ediioria! from ,he san Francis isco Chronicle, leading newsi.A- per ot the Pacific Coast. expresses the surprise which Is generally ieii by he public when learning the truth abo u, the agricultural dstricts of Arizona. The Chronicle "draws the linen al ,l- mate. althoughit it is conceded by those who know. that the climate of Northern and CeutraI Arizona equals, it does not surpas4 that of the most delightful | portions ot California:
 "The coming generation will study is maps and geographies ,n vain for the | Great American desert, which the p,es- ent generation vas taught to believe in as implicitly as in the Rocky noun 'ains or Lake Superior. The Great American desert has been like a mir lge. continually receding before the ad- vance of the traveller and giving place .o fertile valleys and hillsides.
 ''Of late ye.rs we have had, or thought we had. the Great deser. se- ;urely located in Arizona. We have seard Wondrous tales of the vast of sand where only horned oads and Gila monsters could live. of he squa,e miles ot cactus, Of arid, rain- ess plains and bare and rugged mcun. aims. o! rivers that never had any water . them. and of the dizzy heights which the mercury attained, and we miled proud and satisfied smile and bought to ourselves that the Crea, American desert was st last fixed where here is no escape for it and no gain aying iss existence.
 "Alas for the vanity of human ex- 'ectations and beliefs Our last land- mark is gone Arizona has gone to 'ork and become not only producer t cereals and similar crops, but of fruits, nd of early frnits at that. Only yester- lay grapes wese exhibited here in San francisco which grew on Arizona vines, nd which were equal in all respects to he early peoducts of our own vineyards: